“We’ve had 11 cleans sheets – I think we had 13 clean sheets last season so we’re nearly up to that already and we’re not even halfway through.”

This weekend Chorley welcome Gloucester City to Victory Park with 18-year-old starlet Alex Samizadah – on loan from Bolton Wanderers – pushing for a start after coming off the bench for his debut and scoring against Gainsborough.

The capture of the young Iranian – who has already made his first-team bow for the Trotters – is a real coup for the club.

“We knew of him and we played against Bolton in pre-season and he really stood out,” Vermiglio said.

“We watched him a couple of times for the Under-23s and when the chance came to take him on loan, we snatched their hands off.

“He came on and scored a great goal last week.”

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